School Counsellors are teachers who also have a Master’s level degree in Counselling Psychology. As educational and mental health professionals, school counsellors support students with their educational, social, physical, and mental health challenges. They also provide guidance in course selection, planning and applying for post-secondary education. Counsellors help students who have on-going mental health needs access free counselling services provided by Vancouver Coastal Health. Students can be connected to VCH services such as: 

• Vancouver Youth Clinics;
• Child and Youth Mental Health;
• Youth Concurrent Disorder Counsellors; and,
• Child and Adolescent Response Team (CART)

Generally, counsellors work with the same grade until graduation.

List of resources and where to get additional help: Youth Resource Directory.pdf

Our counselling suite